Plaiting-board



(No Model.)

J. I. TAYLOR. P ITING BOARD.

No. 601,362. Patented Mar. 29,1898.

UNITED TATES ATENT FFICE.

JAMES HOWARD TAYLOR AND IZORA TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA,

, PENNSYLVANIA.

PLAlTlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,362, dated March29, 1898. Application filed April 7,1897. $eria1No. 631,086. (NomodeL)Be it known that we, J AMES HOWARD TAY- LOB and IZORA TAYLOR, citizensof the United States,residing in'the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPlaiting- Boards, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of an improved 'construction of plaiting-board,the novel features of which will be hereinafter fully set forth, andpointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a plaiting-board embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4represent perspective views of portions of the board, showing the fabricor other material in the act of being plaited.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a plaiting-board, the sameconsisting of a bed or baseB, which has attached to a side thereof thestrip 0, which is turned upon itself so that the portion D terminates ashort distance above the upper surface of the board.

E designates a series of staples which extend across the board inproximity to said strip 0, said staples E being adapted to hold inposition the needles G, whose other ends pass throughthe staples F,located at the opposite end of the plaiting-board. Each of the aboverows or series of staples E and F are capable of holding in position apair of the needles G, which latter, being preferably flat, areprevented from turning by the contact of the turned portion D of thestrip 0, as indicated at the right of Fig. 2. The other extremities ofthe needles G are retained in position by a holder K, which has armspivotally attached at L to the bed B, said holder being sustained in theposition seen in full lines by means of a latch M.

H and J designate the fabric or other material in the act of beingplaited.

The operationis as follows: The holder K is turned into the positionseen in dotted lines in Fig. 2, after which it will be evident that theneedles G can be readily removed and replaced, as may be desired. In theact of plaiting one extremity of the fabric is placed below a needle-as,for instance, the lower righthand needle in Fig. 4after which the fabricis folded over said needle, and the upper needle (seen at the right ofsaid Fig. 4) is placed in position and the fabric J is brought over thesame and then held in position by the lowest needle in the adjacent row,the fabric being afterward brought upwardly and held in position by thenext needle, and so on.

If desired, wider plaits, as seen in Fig. 3, can be produced accordingto requirements.

After the fabric is plaited to the desired extent a damp cloth is laidover the plaits and a hot iron passed over the same, and after theneedles have been left in position for the required time the same arewithdrawn and the fabric is removed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by, Letters Patent, is-

A plaiting-boai-d consisting of a bed or base, rows of staples at eachend thereof, a strip having a deflected portion located at one end ofsaid board, needles held by said staples,

said needles having their ends adapted to be engaged by said strip, anda holding device pivotally supported at the end of said board oppositeto said strip, said device having a portion adapted to bear on theadjacent ends of said needles.

JAMES HOWARD TAYLOR. IZORA TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM.

